Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-07-15
THE CONVENTION.

| |oullGv "Oulu Jake an aCClVG interest,
and manifest it by:their presence. 1t
was evident, however, even to IL casual
observer, that in no part of the county,
save Alpena township, had any degree
OF enthusiasm been aroused. The econ
Ventlon' met on Main street Tin various
| places, and by one o'clock had decided
on chairman, secretary, committee of
five on nomination of delegates, and
"three" of the delegates themselves
After making rapid and harmonious
progress thus far, the procession filed
up the hill to the court house. Organ
ization was soon effected and the COM
mittee appointed, as per previous ar
! rangement.
While the committee deliberated as
to who the "othertwo" delegates should
be, a few gentlemen entertained the
assembly, who filled the probate Judges
room and the hallway. 1t was evident
ly no easy task, to decide on those two
names. One Of the committee was anx-
ious to find a democrat for one of the
places, but finally t1To republicans We're
agreed upon. The courtroom now be-
ing open, the audience went up stairs,
when the committee handed i1 their
list of nominees.
y motion was made to accept tie re-
port OF the committee and discharge
them. This would have declared the
nominees to be the choice of the con-
vention. Right here it was shown that
not all of those present had participant
| ed in the "divy" down on Main street,
for there was vigorous kicking at once.
After considerable discussion, it was
| finally voted that Prot Harden's name
be substituted for one of the five The
vote was almost unanimous. It was
noted that the nays were very faint,
with one exception. "That' no, strange
to say, came from a "feeble looking
man, though as q wire-puller he has
been quite active tor the last four years.
1t was now claimed, by some present,
that two democrats should be sent to
Huron, that is, men who acknowledged
themselves to be democrats. 1t was
soon evident that this was not relished,
for, might not substitution go on indie
flnitely, and thus The greater portion of
the five, in fact some of the 'three" be
invited to stay at home? The chairman
now attempted to come to the rescue
and shut off further substitution. Ap.
parently things were to be carried with
a high hand in this extremity But a
couple Of gentlemen present showed so
conclusively that the chairman was
ruling contrary to all parliamentary
usage, that, On an appeal to the house,
he was not sustained. 1t was then
moved and carried, that Mr.. Shrimp, of
Pleasant twp, be substituted for an
other Of the five, but mot" one OF the
"three'. Before this motion was put
before the house, things had grown
quite warm in the courtroom. One
gentleman, from the southern tier Of
townships, was Dold enough to state
that the whole thing was Matched in a
small room down STAIRS. AS before
stated, the divide dated further back,
but he had not caught on. After the
substitution OF the two names men
toned above, the nominees were: DR..
Royer of Alpena, B. i. Blosser OF Wes-
sington Springs, w. r. Day of Annina,
|J. w. Harden Of Franklin, and b. L.
Shrimp Of Pleasant. On motion, they
were declared the choice of the conven-
ton, that is, no one voted against them.
And now, republican voters of Jer-
auld county, scan the list OF names
carefully and see how many members
of our party you find among them
First, what constitutes republican 2
In the early period Of the late war,
many democrats lett their party, for
cause and for conscience sake and be-
came republicans. The vast majority
remain steadfast to this day. They can
"honestly" claim to be republicans
Dakota has been having a great boom,
and it has brought settlers from all
parts Of our country. In the main, we
are strangers to each other. Man is in
tensely human and has aspirations
some have political aspirations. Possib-
ly l, a republican, have been living in a
democratic community before coming
here, and consequently have not had
my political ambition gratiied. / hold
! my place on arriving at my new hone.
Soon, to my horror, | find that | have
struck another democratic nest. Are
my political hopes again dashed to the
ground? Let me pause and consider
what to dol am stranger here and
will announce myself as good demo-
crat, then there may be Il chance for
me. | start in and shout for General
Jackson in grand style. Good = it takes
l. yes, has taken, and am slightly
comforted, already. for my sacrifice OF